John 5:34
Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
In Context
33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 24:47and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’
Romans 3:3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
Romans 10:21But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became like one who is weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47
Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →